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(Application flied Oct. 27, 1900.)

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KEAN OIIARA TREMERE, OF FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

HENS NEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,821, dated August 20, 1901.

Application filed October 27, 1900. Serial No. 34,631. N m

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LKEAN OHARA TREMERE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Frankfort, in the county of Franklin and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Hens Nest, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hens nests, and has for its object to provide a nest which shall be simple and cheap to construct, capable of easy removal from the house for cleaning, easy to take apart and put together, and entirely independent of other nests.

\Vith this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a nest constructed in accordance with my invention in position forpractical use. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on a plane cutting through the nest from front to rear. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view on a horizontal plane cutting through part of front and of one side just above the hook for securing the front.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the various figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates the back board of myimproved nest, which may be of any suitable size, to which is rigidly secured the bottom B. Sides 0 and D are rigidly secured to the edges of the back A and bottom 13, the bottom extending some distance beyond the front edge of the sides to form a platform E to aid the hen in entering and leaving the nest when it is suspended above the ground. The back, bottom, and sides are the only fixed portions of the nest, the back projecting above the top of the nest and being provided with a hole F, by means of which the nest may be suspended from a nail driven in the wall of the house.

G indicates the top of the nest, which is attached to the back by a hinge II, having a removable pintle I.

J indicates the front of the nest, which has the greater portion of its bottom edge cut away to form end legs or projections K to fit over the edges of the bottom and is provided with eyes L to receive hooks M, attached to the sides.

By removing the nest from the nail it may be readily removed from the house for cleaning and other purposes without in any wise disturbing any other nest in the house.

To facilitate cleaning the nest, the pintle I may be drawn out of the hinge II and the top removed from the nest, and by releasing the hooks M from eyes L the front may also be removed. While thus separated the various parts of the nest may be readily cleaned, when they may be quickly secured together and replaced in the house.

The hen may readily gain access to the nest, as the attempt to enter the same through the small opening at the upper end of the front wall will cause the upward movement of the lid or cover, which cover will drop to its normal position by gravity when the hen has entered the nest. The ready access to the nest is facilitated by cutting away the upper front corners of the side walls and rounding the same, as more of the hinged top wall is exposed at the front of the nest.

The advantages attending the use of my invention are numerous and obvious.

By reason of its portability each nest may be handled independently of all others, which will prevent the disturbance of sitting hens in other nests.

The facilitywith which the nest may be taken apart, cleaned, and again put together will enable the poultry-fancier to keep his nests scrupulously clean, thus avoiding the accumulation of vermin or the transmission of diseases by the occupancy of unclean and infected nests.

While I have illustrated efficient means for carrying out my invention, I do not restrict myself to the exact form and construction of the various parts herein illustrated, as many changes therein might be made without do parting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A hens nest comprising a box consisting of a fixed back having a suspending portion projecting above the top of the box and perforated, fixed sides having their upper forward corners rounded, a bottom projecting beyond the front of the box to form a step, a removable board closing the lower portion of the front of the box and having its lower edge cut away to fit over said projecting bottom, 

